Lightweight concrete with enhanced neutron shielding

Brindza, Paul Daniel; Metzger, Bert Clayton

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Title: Lightweight concrete with enhanced neutron shielding

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A lightweight concrete containing polyethylene terephthalate in an amount of 20% by total volume. The concrete is enriched with hydrogen and is therefore highly effective at thermalizing neutrons. The concrete can be used independently or as a component of an advanced neutron radiation shielding system.

Inventors:: Brindza, Paul Daniel; Metzger, Bert Clayton

Issue Date:: 2016-09-13

Research Org.:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1324964

Patent Number(s):: 9440882

Application Number:: 13/068,619

Assignee:: JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, VA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients

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C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA
C04B14/06 - Quartz
C04B14/108 - {Shale, slate
C04B16/04 - Macromolecular compounds
C04B18/08 - Flue dust {, i.e. fly ash}
C04B2111/00862 - {for nuclear applications, e.g. ray-absorbing concrete}
C04B2201/20 - for the density
C04B24/283 - {Polyesters}
C04B28/04 - Portland cements

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
C08K3/18 - Oxygen-containing compounds, e.g. metal carbonyls
C08K3/20 - Oxides

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Y02W30/91 - Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-84ER40150

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 May 16

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Non-combustible nuclear radiation shields with high hydrogen content
patent, October 1978

Hall, William C.; Peterson, John M.
US Patent Document 4,123,392
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Cementitious composition
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Westhof, Luc B. J.; Turhan, Ibrahim; Tessier, George G.
US Patent Document 5,501,819
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Concrete reinforced with acrylic coated carbon fibers
patent, July 2008

Ogden, J. Herbert
US Patent Document 7,396,403
URL: https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/7396403

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